Columbia jazz masterpieces.

Spine title: Duke Ellington and his orchestra at Newport

Newport Jazz Festival suite. Festival junction (10:08) ; Blues to be there (8:05) ; Newport up (5:33) / Ellington, Strayhorn -- Jeep's blues / Ellington, Hodges (5:12) -- Diminuendo and crescendo in blue / Ellington (14:37)

"Previously released material"--Container

Compact disc

Program notes by Stanley Dance included

Duke Ellington, piano ; Duke Ellington Orchestra (Russell Procope, Johnny Hodges, alto saxophones ; Britt B. Woodman, Quentin L. Jackson, John Conrad Sanders, trombones ; James Woode, bass ; Sam Woodyard, drums ; John W. Cook, Willis R. Nance, Clark Terry, William "Cat" Johnson, trumpets ; Paul Gonsalves, James Hamilton, tenor saxophones ; Harry H. Karney, baritone saxophone)

Recorded in performance at the American Jazz Festival, Newport, R.I., July 7, 1956